Episode 8: The Queen’s Gambit, aka chess & drugs & Anya Taylor Joy (with Maz Fornasier)

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We welcome the enigmatic Maz Fornasier back for our EIGHTH episode covering 2020’s Netflix phenomenon, The Queens Gambit, based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis (Steph AND Maz call him William, apologies!) Can an adaptation be both harmful and helpful all at once? Find out, as Maz also gets deep into her own lived experience with addiction.

 

Content Warning: Drug and alcohol use, misuse, addiction, withdrawal and recovery, childhood trauma, abuse and neglect, some mention of suicide

 

NOTE: This podcast is not designed to be therapeutic, prescriptive or constitute a formal diagnosis for any listener, nor the characters discussed. The host is not representative of all psychologists and opinions stated are her own personal opinion, based on her own learnings and training (and minimal lived experience). Host and co-hosts do not have the final say and can only comment based on their own perspectives, so please let us know if you dispute any of these opinions – we are keen for feedback!

 

Host: Stephanie Fornasier

Cohost: Maz Fornasier

Music and artwork: Michael Watson

Editor: Nicholas Fornasier

 

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Articles we read:

National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Assessment of Complex Trauma

Blueknot.org explanation of Complex Trauma

DSM 5 Criteria for Substance Use Disorders

Accidentally Autistic article on The Queen’s Gambit

Buzzfeed article regarding Orphanages

Newsweek article on history of Librium

Oprah Mag: The true story of the Queen’s Gambit

Harper’s Bazaar: Drug abuse in the Queen’s Gambit

Did You Blank It: Addiction and Obsession in the Queen’s  Gambit

Film Sane: What Can Queens Gambit teach us about addiction

USA Today: The Queen’s Gambit review

Mountainside.com: Queen’s Gambit accuracy of addiction

Sandstonecare.com: Queens Gambit and high functioning addiction

We’re All Mad Here podcast page (also available on all good podcast platforms)